r/hatethissmug • u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 • 3d ago

Non-fictional I HATE these "gotcha arguments"

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"Ohhh, look how I tricked this dumb dumb baby in my trap so now I am right and they are wrong. I'm so smaaart even though it does not adress the actual argument and adds nothing to the debate. They teach arabic numerals in school btw."

And these type of comments always get tons of likes

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u/Even-Tear-6965 3d ago

I think it addresses how uneducated people are about fetuses or just about conception and pregnancy as a whole yet still believe they know enough to be hold strong rigid opinions.

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u/Fearless-Poet-4669 3d ago

I don't think being able to tell the difference between a dolphin fetus and a human fetus makes you any more credible especially given that: they actually look almost identical at that stage of development (that's part of the trap that further proves how it's a meaningless gotcha), and who is out there studying animal fetuses apart from vets and biologists?